What then is a DK2300? Is it Denon terminology for a DP80 installed in a DK300 plinth with a Denon tonearm supplied? If so, what tonearm do you have? After all, the sound of the unit is going to depend more on the tonearm/cartridge synergy than it will on the deck per se, assuming the deck is not defective. If I'm correct, and if you have a Denon DA307 tonearm, then I own the very same unit. I am re-mounting the DP80 in a slate or high mass wood plinth, and I will use either a Triplanar or RS-A1 tonearm with it. However, the DK300 plinth is actually pretty nice. I think the combo of DK300 and DP80 could be improved by better coupling of the plinth to the DP80 chassis. They used flimsy wood screws at only three points on the inner rim of the tt chassis. You might try using really long wood screws that go much farther into the wood OR drill it out and use long, strong bolts. A further act of courage would be to drill additional holes in the tt chassis so to use more fasteners between tt and plinth. I haven't got the guts. I also dampened the decorative ring around the outside of the tt assembly by inverting it and filling it with beeswax (or whatever melt-able potting material was used in old KLH9 ESL power supplies). That thing is dead quiet now.
